The former leader of the paedophile pressure group Pie was jailed after becoming the first person to be convicted for making drawings of children being raped. The prosecution, under the 2009 Coroners and Justice Act, was described as a landmark case by Scotland Yard. Detectives found 3,000 drawings at Steven Freeman’s home, where he held weekly meetings to view and trade images of child abuse. The images were described at the Old Bailey as “vile and disgusting” and were amongst the worst seen by police, they said. Some 14,500 pictures and films were found on computer discs there and at the address of two of his paedophile ring. Detectives believe tens of thousands more were stored on encrypted computer hard-drives they have been unable to access.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/15/paedophiles-jailed-child-abuse-drawings

Mark Christopher Nichols, 21, is being held in the Wagoner County jail. His bail has not been set. Maverick Nichols died of blunt force trauma of the head according to a preliminary finding from the state Medical Examiner’s Office, Wagoner County Assistant District Attorney Jack Thorp said. The child had skull fractures to the back of the head and a broken rib, the prosecutor said. Authorities believe they are “crushing” type injuries, not those associated with a short fall.

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The Casey Anthony trial and the terrible story of the death and dismemberment of 8-year-old Leiby Kletsky in Brooklyn this week has captivated our nation like so many high profile cases in the past. While many might believe that cases like this will bring attention to the issue of protecting our children, at the end of the day these individual stories only highlight the tip of the iceberg.. The reality is that 150 children, most under the age of four, die every month from abuse or neglect. While high profile cases do bring awareness, they take our focus off the real issue of suffering children and instead keep us embroiled in speculation and legalities.

A Gainesville woman accused of smothering a baby she was babysitting Tuesday night has been arrested on an aggravated child abuse charge. Arrested was Tiffany Long, 21, of 6029 NW 53rd Terrace, according to an arrest report. Schibuola said Long was babysitting at a home when the baby’s mother came home early and saw Long smothering the baby in her crib with a pillow.

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http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110713/ARTICLES/110719873/1002/sitemaps04?tc=ar

A Venice woman with a history of arrests for child abuse and drug use now stands accused of washing her 18-month-old son with bleach and chlorine, and frequently making her other children jump into a pool with a high concentration of chlorine to “cleanse” them. Sandra Michelle Freeman, 38, of the 200 block of Venice Palms Boulevard, was arrested Wednesday on three counts of child abuse.

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http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110714/ARTICLE/110719757/2055/NEWS

BROOKLYN, NY — Accused child killer, Levi Aron, was arraigned in a New York court Thursday on charges of murder and kidnapping in the death and dismemberment of an 8-year-old boy Hasidic boy who disappeared while walking home from day camp. Aron, 35, showed no emotion as he entered the court handcuffed and did not enter a plea.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Police have accused a local man of shaking his 4-week-old son so badly that the child’s ribs broke, his skull cracked and he may have permanent brain damage.Investigators said it is the worst case of child abuse they’ve seen in decades.The child’s maternal grandmother, Ingris Viscaino, said the child is on a ventilator at Florida Hospital Orlando.

LOS ANGELES– Los Angeles County is warehousing children in an office building with inadequate food and bedding, a social worker charges. “In some cases, the treatment that these children receive comes very close to the child abuse from which they are escaping,” supervising social worker Lincoln Saul wrote in a recent complaint letter, the Los Angeles Times reports.

PINE HILL — A borough man currently on parole for a child sex abuse conviction has been charged with sexually assaulting another child, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk said Tuesday. Attilo Daversa, 68, of Fifth Street is charged with three counts of sexual assault, two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

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http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2011/07/pine_hill_man_on_parole_for_ch.html

MYFOXNY.COM – The body of a missing eight-year-old boy from Borough Park, Brooklyn, was found Wednesday in two separate locations, according to the NYPD. A man seen in surveillance video taken on the day of the boy’s disappearance was arrested, said police. The boy’s remains were discovered inside a refrigerator in the third-floor attic of the suspect’s home in Kensington and in a dumpster in Greenwood Heights. Speaking during a news conference Wednesday, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly identified the man under arrest as maintenance supply clerk Levi Aron, 35. He was taken into custody inside his home in Kensington just before 3 a.m., according to police.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Coming forward with her amazing story of survival, Jaycee Dugard — along with others like Elizabeth Smart — give other children who have suffered abuse the courage to talk about what happened to them. The story of Dugard’s kidnapping and 18 years of captivity has come to light in her new book “A Stolen Life.” Dugard was kidnapped near her California home in 1991 when she was just 11 years old. Convicted pedophile Phillip Garrido took her to his house and locked her in backyard sheds, where he subjected her to sexual assaults.

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705376091/Jaycee-Dugards-story-of-survival-giving-victims-courage-to-speak-about-abuse.html